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PORT OF SEATTLE AND PUGET SOUND SHIPPING 
DISTRICT 


S EATTLE, a city of 300,000, is the newest large city in 
the world. Within the short space of a decade (i_900 
to 1910) the population increased from 80.000 to 237,- 
000 people. Less than thirty years ago, when it contained 
scarcely 15,000 inhabitants, it was joined to the transcon¬ 
tinental railroad system by the advent of the Northern 
Pacific Railway Company. 

What has tended to this great increase? How does it 
happen that such a beautifully built cosmopolitan city should 
appear in so short a time? Its geographical position and 
the fact that its citizens have labored steadily to make it 

ONE OF THE FREEST PORTS IN THE WORLD 

For these reasons has Seattle secured the services of so 
many steamship lines plying to all ports of the world. Eight 
transcontinental railroads also center here. 

EFFECTS OF PANAMA CANAL 

The operation of the Panama Canal has increased the 
number of vessels of all nationalities that now enter this port, 
and the advent of new steamship lines augment her trade, 
both foreign and domestic. At the present time the scarcity 
of ships, caused largely by the European War, is the only 
reason why Seattle’s commerce to foreign countries has not 
increased threefold. When the transportation facilities 
through the Panama Canal are fully organized, when, for 
instance, regular lines are established to most of the foreign 
countries, and to the Gulf of Mexico (to New Orleans espe¬ 
cially), then will the commerce of Seattle take such an im¬ 
petus that it is within the bounds of probability that the city 
will be the metropolis of the Pacific Coast, as she now is the 
metropolis of the northern portion of that Coast. The water¬ 
borne traffic that will flow between Seattle and the cities of 
the Middle West, situated in the valleys of the Missippi, Mis¬ 
souri and Ohio Rivers, via New Orleans, will be so great that 
many ships will be utilized in transporting it. Freight rates 
from St. Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Memphis 
and even from Chicago and Pittsburgh, by barge line to New 
Orleans, are now announced that will insure immense ton¬ 
nage, and even if the water rates from New Orleans to Seat¬ 
tle are no less than the rates from New York to Seattle, the 


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through rate will be so much lower than the railroads will 
make, that the trade of the States west of the Rocky Moun¬ 
tains will be controlled by the Coast cities. The completion 
of the widening of the Erie Canal, between Albany and Buf¬ 
falo, New York, in 1916, will open up water communication, 
not only to the many large cities of Central New York 
(Schenectady, Utica, Syracuse, Oswego, Rochester), but to 
all the great ports of the Great Lakes-—-Buffalo, Cleveland, 
Detroit, Duluth, Chicago and Milwaukee. The fact that 
practically three-fourths of the salmon pack of 1914, and 
many thousand boxes of fresh apples have already been dis¬ 
patched to Eastern points, through the Canal, is an indica¬ 
tion of vast saving in freight cost,. added profits to the 
producer, or lower cost to the Eastern consumer, and a 
surer hold on the markets of both America and Europe. 

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PORT OF SEATTLE 

The temperature is the mildest of any port situated so 
far North. The thermometer seldom registers below 32°, 
and seldom, above 88° Fahrenheit, and in both instances for 
only two or three days in a season. For 1914 the highest 
temperature was 88°, the lowest 24°. Average temperature 
for the year was 52°. Rainfall average for twenty-four 
years, 34 inches; for 1914, 31.43 inches. 

WATER SYSTEM: 

Seattle’s water system is supplied from Cedar River, in 
the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. The pureness of 
the water accounts for the low death rate, and the practical 
immunity of our citizens from typhoid fever and kindred 
diseases. 

DEATH RATE: 

Seattle is the healthiest city of its size in the world. The 
death rate for 1914 was 8.1 per thousand inhabitants. The 
healthful breezes from the Pacific Ocean and the pureness 
of its water supply account for this. The following are 
the respective death rates for the year 1913 of some of the 
great cities of this country: 


Seattle . 

. 8.4 

St. Louis . 

...14.9 

Pittsburgh ~ 

.17.1 

Portland . 

. 9.5 

Los Angeles ... 

...15.0 

Washington, 

D.C.17.3 

St. Paul . 

.11.0 

Chicago . 

...15.1 

Baltimore .... 

.18.5 

Milwaukee .... 

.12.5 

Philadelphia .... 

..15.7 

New Orleans 

.19.9 

Denver . 

.13.7 

San Francisco... 

...15.9 

Memphis . 

.20.8 

New York .... 

.14.3 

Boston . 

...16.4 



The average for United States, 14.1. 


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The death rates for cities other than Seattle for 1914 are 
not yet obtainable. 

LIGHT AND POWER PLANTS: 

The city owns its own light and power plant. It is the 
most brilliantly lighted city in the world. Twenty-five miles 
of the city’s streets are lighted by cluster lights. Seven hun¬ 
dred miles of streets are lighted. Power is furnished for 
manufacturing purposes at a lower rate than in any other 
city of the United States, with the possible exception of 
Niagara Falls. The city’s plant is in direct competition with 
privately owned plants. The available power for light and 
power purposes in water and steam is: 

H.P. Water H.P. Steam Total H.P. 

City . 20,000 . 20,000 

Private plants . 73,400 22,000 95,400 

Totals .:.•. 93,400 22,000 115,400 

SHORE LINE OF SEATTLE: 

The present shore line of the Tidal Harbor is miles. 
When the Lake Washington Canal is finished (1916) the 
entire line of navigation, including the shores of Lakes 
Union and Washington, will be over 150 miles. A first-class 
frontage of 15 miles, suitable for docks, can be developed 
around these two lakes alone. 

SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE SAFEST PORTS 
IN THE WORLD 

There are no high winds and no hidden dangers, such as 
rocks and shoals. 

Extreme rise and fall of tide is 17 feet. Depth of harbor 
within anchorage limits, 25 to 35 fathoms. There are eight 
steel mooring buoys to accommodate shipping not wishing 
to utilize wharves, the charges for which are very moderate. 

WHARVES AND DOCKS: 

At present there are in operation 29 wharves and docks, 
with a lineal frontage of 65,500 feet. 

DRY DOCKS: 

There are four floating dry docks with a combined lifting 
capacity of 22,900 tons, the largest being 468 feet long, in¬ 
side width 110 feet, depth over keel blocks 31 feet, capacity 
12,000 tons. At the Puget Sound Navy Yard (16 miles dis¬ 
tant from Seattle) the United States Government has two 
dry docks, the dimensions of which are: 


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Dry Dock No. 1. Dry Dock No. 2. 

Docking length .. 604 feet 800 feet 

“ width . 65.6 feet 110 feet 

“ depth . 28 feet 35 feet 

Cost ..$667,272.23 $2,172,490.02 


Dry Dock No. 2, which was completed March 1, 1913, is 
the largest on the Coast and the largest owned by the Gov¬ 
ernment. In emergency, a ship drawing 40 feet can be 
docked at extreme high tide. 

Merchant vessels are accommodated at these Government 
Dry Docks, when not in use by Government vessels. 


OIL DOCKS: 

Two oil docks with storage capacity of 187,500 barrels. 
COAL BUNKERS: 

At present there are four coal bunkers with storage 
capacity of 15,500 tons. The production of coal in King 
County for 1914 was 1,042,607 tons. The great proportion of 
this passing through these bunkers. 


ELEVATORS AND FLOURING MILLS: 

Capacity of elevators, 4,150,000 bushels. Daily capacity 
of flour mills, 7,000 barrels. 


FISHERIES CENTER: 


Seattle has become a great center for the products of 
the sea. During 1914 over 47,000,000 pounds of halibut were 
marketed here. This, together with fresh salmon, herring 
and codfish, amounted to 27,000 tons. The canned salmon 
handled at Seattle in 1914 was 6,000,000 cases, which, re¬ 
duced to a basis of 48 one-pound cans to the case, equals 
144,000 tons. 

The fresh and frozen fish industry of Seattle amounted 
to $2,051,546 during 1914, as follows: 


Pounds. 

Black cod, fresh. 300,000 

Black cod, frozen. 40,000 

Halibut, fresh. 41,825,575 

Halibut, frozen. 5,200,000 

Salmon, fresh. 1,935,644 

Salmon, frozen. 370,000 

Trout, fresh...,. 74,805 

Trout, frozen. 18,500 

Herring .. 1,200,000 

Codfish . 2,400,000 


Value. 

$ 8,800 
1,700 
1,463,895 
225,000 
139,620 
20,000 
4,531 
1,000 
57,000 
130,000 


Totals 


53,364,524 


$2,051,546 


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SHELL PISH: 

Practically the entire pack of shell fish of Puget Sound 
is handled at Seattle, including oysters, crabs, shrimps, 
clams, etc. 

The fishing industry of the Pacific Coast yields $50,000,000 
annually, of which the largest share is tributary to the Port 
of Seattle. 

LAKE WASHINGTON CANAL: 

Lake Washington is a body of fresh water lying on the 
eastern limits of the city, 20 miles long and from 1% to 4 
miles wide, with a depth of 8 fathoms at a cable-length 
from shore, to 37 fathoms in the center of the lake; is free 
from shoals or other obstructions, where the world’s shipping 
can anchor in perfect safety. 

In the center of the city is Lake Union, a small body of 
fresh water, with a shore line of 7 miles, and an average 
depth of 7 fathoms; is free from shoals or other obstruc¬ 
tions. 

A ship canal from Puget Sound to Lake Washington, via 
Lake Union, is nearing completion. The depth from Puget 
Sound to Lake Union will be 35 feet; from Lake Union to 
Lake Washington will be 25 feet. In Lake Washington 
deep-sea craft can anchor and shed their coat of barnacles 
with practically no cost—fresh water kills these animals. 
The canal is being built by the United States Government 
and King County, Washington, of which Seattle is the county 
seat. Total cost of Lake Washington Canal, $3,625,000. One 
large lock and one smaller lock are being built. It is inter¬ 
esting to note that with the exception of the locks at the 
Panama Canal, this large lock is the greatest ever built in 
the United States. Available length of lock, 825 feet; width, 
80 feet. It will take in, at mean low tide a vessel drawing 
30 feet; at and above mean sea level, one drawing 36 feet. 
Each leaf of the gate weighs 461,000 pounds. This canal will 
be in operation in the early part of 1916. 

MANUFACTORIES 

The Government takes a census of the manufactories of 
the country every five years. The census for 1914 is not yet 
issued. That of 1909 shows the following statistics regard¬ 
ing Seattle, Tacoma and Bellingham, the three largest cities 
in Western Washington: 


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MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN SEATTLE, 
TACOMA AND BELLINGHAM IN 1909 


For year 


Capital 

Wages 

Value of 

Em¬ 

1909 

No. of 

invested 

paid 

Output 

ployes 

Seattle .. 

....751 

$46,472,000 

$11,319,000 

$50,569,000 

14,014 

Tacoma . 

....276 

21,533,000 

5,017,000 

22,450,000 

6,866 

Bellingham . 

.... 96 

3,288,000 

1,185,000 

4,600,000 

1,795 


MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN SEATTLE IN 1909 




Capital 

Wages 

Value of 

INDUSTRY— 

No. 

Invested 

Paid 

Products 



-Expressed in thousands— 

Bread and other Bakery Products.... 

78 

445 

260 

1,550 

Brick and Tile.. 

5 

293 

100 

259 

Butter, Cheese and Condensed Milk 

6 

110 

19 

514 

Canning and Preserving. 

7 

298 

44 

394 

Carriage, Wagons and Materials. 

12 

163 

95 

298 

Clothing, Men’s, including Shirts. 

5 

243 

58 

374 

Confectionery . 

20 

1,020 

190 

1,491 

Copper, Tin, and Sheet-Iron. 

36 

448 

282 

1,131 

Flourmill and Gristmill Products. 

7 

2,415 

111 

4,430 

Foundry and Machine Shops. 

71 

5,023 

1,023 

4,290 

Fur Goods. 

7 

109 

32 

150 

Furniture and Refrigerators. 

17 

173 

139 

405 

Gloves and Mittens, Leather. 

3 

24 

10 

53 

Ice Manufacturers. 

5 

828 

53 

225 

Leather Go^ds. 

8 

222 

60 

444 

Liquors, Malt. 

5 

4,408 

300 

2,815 

Lumber and Lumber Products. 

63 

7,720 

2,222 

7,739 

Marble and Stone Works. 

5 

89 

47 

218 

Patent Medicines and Compound 





Drug Preparations. 

. 8 

59 

12 

153 

Printing and Publishing.. 

.133 

2,542 

904 

4,009 

Slaughtering and Meat Packing.... 

. 4 

2,308 

240 

7,171 

Tobacco Manufacturers. 

. 24 

71 

45 

140 

All other Industries. 

.222 

17,461 

2,323 

12,316 


Since 1909 several large and many small manufactories 
have been established in Seattle in addition to above. No 
complete statistics of this increase is at present obtainable 
from the Government. 

Since 1909 there have been established in Seattle the 
largest flouring mill in the State with a capital of $1,000,000, 
employes 150, wages paid annually $600,000; two boot and 
shoe manufactories with a combined capital of $350,000, em¬ 
ployees 300, annual pay roll $175,000, annual output $700,- 
000; and a large automobile manufacturing plant, with a 
capital of $250,000. Its record for 1914 was: Average num¬ 
ber of employees 183, pay roll $250,000, output 6,331 cars, 
and value of same $3,400,000. 

Seattle has the largest manufacturing plant in the West 


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of sewer pipe, holloware, architectural terra cotta, and pav¬ 
ing brick. Capital, $3,400,000; 900 employes when in full 
operation; capacity of output: Paving brick, 50,000,000 
brick annually; two to four miles of sewer pipe daily; terra 
cotta, 200 tons monthly. Among the other large manufac¬ 
turing plants in the city is a large rope-making establish¬ 
ment. There are also, with headquarters in Seattle, three 
cement mills with combined statistics for 1914 as follows: 
Capital, $4,700,000; employees, 520; pay roll, $525,000; 
output, 3,500,000 barrels. Also five breweries, distribut¬ 
ing their output not only locally but along the Coast, 
besides exporting to the countries of South America, Asia 
and to Australia, the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands. One 
of the breweries is the largest on the Coast and has an 
annual pay roll of $500,000, output over 400,000 barrels (31 
gallons each) and exports amounting to 400,000 gallons. 

There are several ship-building plants in Seattle. Among 
which is the largest ship-building, engineering, construction 
and repair plant on the Pacific Coast, located in the busiest 
part of the city’s commercial waterfront. It covers twenty- 
seven acres and is served directly by five transcontinental 
railroads. Besides all the pattern, joiner, foundry, machine, 
boiler, blacksmith, forge, bolt, pipe, galvanizing, steel con¬ 
struction shops, it has two power plants, a saw mill, planer 
mill, two shear legs and two floating dry-docks,—one of 
3,000 tons and the other of 12,000 tons lifting capacity. It 
constructs, repairs and alters any and every kind of vessel, 
from a steam yacht to a battleship, including submarine 
boats. 

BANK CLEARINGS 

—Per Cent of— 



1912 

1914 

Inc. 

Dec. 

SEATTLE . 

.$ 602,430,661 

$ 633 061,080 

*5.0 


Portland . 

. 597.087,065 

577,305,131 


3.3 

Spokane . 

. 225,436,618 

203,301,985 


10.0 

Tacoma . 

. 138,841,896 

109 825,186 


21.0 

San Francisco. 

. 2,677,561,952 

2,516,004,816 


6.0 


*Note that Seattle shows an increase, while the other cities all 
show a decrease. 


In the volume of Bank Clearings, Seattle ranks twentieth 
of the great cities of the United States, and is only out¬ 
ranked by San Francisco and Los Angeles in cities west of 
the Missouri River. 


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SEATTLE BANK CLEARINGS BY MONTHS 

—Per Cent of— 



1912 

1914 

Inc. 

Dec, 

January ... 

.S 45,655 093.44 

$ 52,166,201.02 

14.2 


February . 

. 40,915,827.20 

45,173,994.85 

10.5 


March. 

. 50,200,356.87 

56,627,340.90 

12.8 


April. 

.. 49,544,008.73 

55.050,500.94 

11.1 


May . 

. 48,838,966.56 

50,680,034.61 

3.2 


June . 

. 49,219,749.24 

57,008,096.08 

15.7 


July . 

. 50,392,836.34 

56,003,474.02 

11.1 


August . 

.. 51,252,421.95 

51,101,112.36 


.3 

September. 

. 49,981,453.99 

54,975,511.08 

10.0 


October .. 

. 58,954,742.62 

55,295,720.79 


11.3 

November. 

. 54,447,821.03 

48,364,607.67 


11.2 

December . 

. 53,025,012.81 

50,614,490.07 


4.5 

Total . 

.$602,430,660.99 

$633,061,083.79 

5.1 

— 


Note that decreases occurred in months after European war 
commenced. 


BUILDING PERMITS 

Seattle ranked fifth, among sixty-eight principal cities 
of the United States, and leads the entire Pacific Coast in 
percentage of gain of value of building permits during 1914, 
showing an increase of 36 per cent over 1913. The grand 
total for 1914 being $12,664,970, as against $9,321,115 for 
1913. The cities leading Seattle were St. Paul, Minn., South 
Bend, Ind., Salt Lake City, and Oklahoma City. 


SEATTLE BUILDING PERMITS BY MONTHS 

-1912- -1914- 


Number 

January . 762 

February... 775 

March ....;.. 914 

April . 930 

May . 875 

June .. 809 

July .. 748 

August . 1,005 

September .. 696 

October . 799 

November .. 676 

December . 568 

Total .9,819 


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Value 

Number 

Value 

$ 774,810 

634 

$ 1,206,580 

473,940 

769 

553,295 

848,985 

881 

923,480 

1,235,230 

936 

1,227,930 

738,110 

866 

809,405 

781,915 

788 

1,163,165 

645,320 

763 

2,520,590 

563,435 

797 

1,565 525 

502,625 

820 

556,560 

374,020 

731 

610,660 

403,310 

589 

229,615 

968,350 

530 

1,298,165 

$8,415,325 

9,104 

$12,664,970 













































POST OFFICE RECEIPTS 


January ~ 
February .. 

March . 

April . 

May . 

June . 

July .... 

August .... 
September 
October .... 
November 
December 

Total 


1912 

.$ 85,053.67 

82.440.30 
85,829.84 
87,149.09 
82,705.26 

79.267.30 
83,610.12 
85,630.40 
85,446.73 
93,958.65 
83,930.90 

. 118,997.66 


.$1,049,503.72 


1914 

$ 118,149.97 

109.517.20 
109,714.54 
118,164.78 
103,778.70 
108,519.26 

105.786.31 
104,978.44 
111,800.42 
130,971.39 

109.615.32 

160.649.21 


$1,343,224.52 



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STEAMSHIP SERVICE: 

There are sixtv-four water lines plying in and out of 
Seattle. Of these there are forty-four regular steam lines, 
local, domestic and foreign, besides a fleet of five four- 
masted schooners, and two lines of steam schooners, operat¬ 
ing out of the Port of Seattle. The four-masted schooners 
operate as lumber carriers to foreign lands and to the east 
coast of the United States, while the latter operate almost 
exclusively as lumber carriers to California points. 

Of the various steam lines, four ply between Seattle and 
European ports via the Panama Canal; one to European 
ports via Suez Canal; one to Australia; two to Hawaiian 
Islands; six to the Orient; five to British Columbia; eleven 
to Alaska; three to California; one to Siberia; two to New 
York and one to Boston via the Panama Canal; the re¬ 
mainder to local points. 

Besides these there are eight lines of tugboats, and tug¬ 
boats and barges. Two lines of tugboats operating on Puget 
Sound; three lines of tugboats and barges on Puget Sound; 
two to Alaska; and one to California. 

In addition to above, it is announced that three new 
steamship lines will be added to those already serving Seat¬ 
tle. The Fred Olsen Company of Christiana, Norway, will 
put on a line operating from Norwegian ports to the West 
Coast ports of North America. The United Fruit Company 
will operate from Gulf of Mexico, South American, Mexican 
and West Indian ports to San Francisco and Seattle. The 
Ameriean-Mexican Steamship & Trading Co. will operate 
between the west coast of Mexico and United States West 
Coast ports. L. Rubelli’s Sons & Co. will operate between 
New York, Philadelphia and Seattle. The Coastwise Ship¬ 
ping Company of Boston will operate between Boston and 
Seattle. 

RAILWAY SERVICE: 

There are four transcontinental railway lines entering 
Seattle on their own rails. Four railway lines entering on 
the rails of other transcontinental lines, and two (the Can¬ 
adian Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail¬ 
way) entering Seattle by water. The roads entering on 
their own rails are the Great Northern Railway, Northern 
Pacific Railway, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, 
and the Union Pacific-Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navi¬ 
gation Company. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- 


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way and the Canadian Pacific Railway operate trains over 
the Northern Pacific Railway’s tracks; while the Chicago 
& Northwestern and Southern Pacific have passenger service 
over the Northern Pacific and Oregon-Washington Railroad 
& Navigation Company, respectively. 


PORT OF SEATTLE SHIPPING STATISTICS FOR 1914 

DEEP SEA VESSELS 


Among the nationalities of the world whose vessels call 
at this port, besides American vessels, and the vessels owned 
by the United States Government, are British, Japanese, 
Danish, French, German, Mexican, Norwegian, and Russian. 

ARRIVALS: 

Steam . 

Sail -. 

Motor . 

Number 

.1,835 

. 90 

2 

Net Tonnage 
3,764,272 
122,153 
6,679 

Total arrivals in 1914.... 

.1,927 

3,893,104 

DEPARTURES: 

Steam ... 

Sail . 

Motor . 

Number 

..1,804 

. 86 

2 

Net Tonnage 
3,643,429 
115,250 
6,679 

Total departures in 1914. 

.1,892 

3,765,358 


TONNAGE CLEARED AND ENTERED 

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, the ports of 
Puget Sound came next to the Port of New York in tonnage 
cleared and entered. 

The entrance tonnage of Puget Sound amounted to 2,- 
887,322 tons; clearances 3,058,504 tons, making a total of 
5,945,826 tons. Following Puget Sound in their order are 
New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco. 

Total value of shipping for Seattle alone, for year 1914, 
was $154,599,947 as against $124,130,854 for year 1913, or a 
gain of $30,469,093. 

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS 

The remarkable increase in both imports and exports 
shown in the following statistics, should be noted. There is 
no question but that all exporting from the United States, 
during the last half of 1914, has been greatly handicapped 
and interfered with by the European War, and the conse¬ 
quent shortage of vessels. Seattle has suffered, perhaps 
more in proportion, than any city on this Coast. This is ac- 


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counted for by the fact that many liners find their capacity 
fully taxed when they come as far North as San Francisco 
and consequently have no space to offer and find no necessity 
for seeking cargo at the more Northern ports of this Coast. 
Had we any American Merchant Marine, and were there not 
so many vessels withdrawn from commerce by the effects 
of the war,in fact, if the shipping of the world was not so 
fully disorganized, the Port of Seattle would have exported 
to foreign countries goods amounting to several million dol¬ 
lars that remained unshipped. The gain of over $25,000,000 
in imports, and approximately $5,500,000 in exports, is 
notable. 


PASSENGER TRAVEL, 1914 

(From Harbormaster’s Report.) 

BY WATER: 


TO AND FROM— 

Foreign Points .. 

Coastwise and Alaska. 

Inbound 

. 122,901 

.. 70,472 

Outbound 

76,540 

74,720 

4,096,056 

Local Points .. 

.2,710,590 

Totals .. 

.2,903,963 

4,247,316 

Total number of passengers inbound. 

1913 

..1,746,174 

1914 

2,903,963 

4,247,316 

Total number of passengers outbound. 

.1,737,727 



Totals .. 

Gain over 1913... 

.3,483,901 

7,151,279 
.3,667,378 

BY RAIL: 



Arrivals . 

Departures .. 


.1,436,475 

.1,429,857 


SHIPMENTS BY RAIL: 

Excepting merchandise passing through Seattle, both for¬ 
eign and domestic (for instance lumber shipments, originat¬ 
ing outside of Seattle, which show very heavy tonnage) the 
shipments by rail for 1914 were: 

Total—Received, 2,263,251 tons. Forwarded, 673,153 tons. 

COMPARISON OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1913-1914 
FOREIGN IMPORTS 

FROM— 

1913 1914 

$21,712,894 $32,018,101 

2,562,298 3,615,439 

167,961 322,208 


The Orient . 

British Columbia 
Germany . 


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England . 770,916 

France . 45,050 

Spain . 470 

South America . 92,164 

Austria . 1,623 

Ireland ..... 9,152 

Italy .-. 93,783 

Belgium . 94,713 

Switzerland . 49,096 

Denmark .. 5,184 

Scotland ..... 70,901 

Holland .. 84,032 

Sweden . 24,817 

Australia . 53,329 

Mexico . 2,966 

Norway . 57,117 

Greece .,,.-. 

India .. : . 

Straits Settlements . .. 


Total ...$25,898,466 


FOREIGN EXPORTS 


The Orient ...$ 8 172,533 

British Columbia . 8,378,507 

South America . 602,084 

Germany . 162,589 

Scotland .23.717 

England . 2,269,262 

Mexico . 8,765 

Belgium . 16,682 

Africa . 3,380 

Ireland . 24,331 

Denmark . J. 


Straits Settlements 

Spain . 

Norway .... 

Wales . 

East India 

Italy . 

Holland .... 

France .... 

Siberia .... 
Australia . 


2,086 

7,179 

8,644 

46,778 

190,771 


Total 


$19,917,317 


596,207 

78,378 

17,587 

186,126 

3,057 

16,622 

149,525 

166,666 

44,278 

24,095 

42,665 

77,455 

78,970 

404,911 

4,390 

141,094 

14,298 

1,265,460 

897,483 


$40,165,015 


1914 

$ 6,016,054 
4,624,949 
640,810 
42,764 
84,827 
3 677,183 
10,290 
22,297 
2,586 
930,512 
8,345 
130,831 
1,805 
25,089 
22,020 
1,158 
2,935 
5,084 
6,959 
152 231 
102,978 


$16,511,711 


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DOMESTIC IMPORTS 


FROM— 

1913 

1914 

Pacific Coast Points... 

.$ 9,205,597 

$15,329,848 

Alaska Points . 

. 9,715,065 

14,045,850 

Bering Sea . 

. 28,800 

9,912 

Local Points . 

. 11,917,068 

13,193,314 

The Philippines . 

. 1,065,925 

1,421,824 

Hawaiian Islands . 

. 267,377 

280,640 

New York. 

. 4,730,327 

3,575,972 

Baltimore . 

. 66,987 


Pacific Ocean . 

. 1,385,138 

1,317,367 

Total .. 

.$38,382,283 

$49,174,727 


DOMESTIC EXPORTS 


Pacific Coast Points.$ 5,912,228 

The Philippines . 1,761,783 

Hawaiian Islands . 1,616,596 

Local Points . 10,181,581 

New York . 1,669,226 

Alaska Points . 13,962,694 

Bering Sea . 4,828,680 


1914 

$13,903,032 

1,170,773 

1,985,623 

9,746,252 

3,464,058 

14,662,430 

3,826,326 


Total .-.$39,932,788 $48,748,494 

Foreign Imports, gain over 1913...$14,266,549 

Foreign Exports, loss under 1913... 3,405,606 

Domestic Imports, gain over 1913....$10,792,441 

Domestic Exports, gain over 1913. 8,815,708 

Total Imports for 1913.-.$64,280,749 

Total Imports for 1914. 89,339,742 

GAIN ...$25,058,993 

Total Exports for 1913...*.$59,850,105 

Total Exports for 1914. 65,260,205 

GAIN .$ 5,410,100 

Total Imports and Exports for Year of 1914.$154,599,947 

Total Imports and Exports for Year 1913. 124,130,854 

GAIN .-.——$ 30,469,093 


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SHIPMENTS THROUGH PANAMA CANAL 


(From Eeports of Collector of Customs.) 

EASTBOUND: 

Shipments from Washington District through Panama 
Canal to Atlantic Coast ports and foreign countries for the 
months September, 1914, to January, 1915, inclusive, show 
total value of $5,021,784. The principal shipments were 
canned salmon, metal pigs, ingots, plates, and wool. The 
great bulk of the domestic shipments was of course to New 
York. The foreign shipments were destined principally to 
England, Ireland and Norway. 

WESTBOUND: 

Shipments to Washington District through Panama Canal 
from Atlantic Coast ports and foreign countries for the 
months of September to December, 1914, inclusive, show 
total value of $1,775,299. 


MOVEMENT OF FOREST PRODUCTS IN 1914 
FROM SEATTLE 

Shipments by Water 



Lumber 

Seattle to— 

(Feet) 

Orient . 

.12,678,063 

Orient .. 


Ireland . 

. 479,057 

Denmark . 

. 325,356 

England . 

. 6,001,660 

Scotland . 

. 2,599,223 

Germany .. 

. 152170 

South America. 

.10,489,440 

Straits Settlements 

it a 

. 183,816 

Australia . 

. 5,519,541 

Holland . 

95,546 

East India .. 

32,895 

France . 

. 366,287 

Italy . 

. 146,755 

Wales .... 

. 1,049,908 

Spain ... 

20,681 

British Columbia . 

. 3,772,822 

Bering Sea . 

. 2,579,198 

Alaska . 

.10,403,300 

Hawaiian Islands. 

.. 3,565,475 


Box 

Shooks Shgls. Staves 

(Bdls.) (M.) (Bdls.) Value 

... .... $218; 667 

.. 19,091 19,000 

. ... 9,400 

.. 8,345 

.: . 92,255 

36,015 18,010 

..:... 45,780 

... 3,992 

.. ....:. 124,252 

. :. 1,877 

114,850 63,426 

..:.. ..:. 96,459 

.:.. .. 3,126 

. 460 

.. .... 6,959 

.. 2,935 

. .:... 22,020 

.. - ....... 413 

.. 52,428 

17,607 ... 8,592 

.. '. 35,594 

............ ......... 171,382 

.. 55,657 

58,049 40,301 

■■ 7,227 9,358 


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Philippine Islands. 6,635,494 

New York... 1,416,512 


Pacific Coast Points.... 1,334,278 

it t« it 

Local Points... 3,889,310 


73,736,787 


.. 86,637 

13,883 

. 63,000 .......... 100,764 

.:... 17,352 

42,997 . 21,508 

.. ........ ... 39,144 


269,518 70,227 19,091 $1,389,976 


MOVEMENT OF FOREST PRODUCTS FROM SEATTLE 
BY WATER IN 1912 



Lumber. 

Coastwise . 

| 8,522,133 

Philippines . 

. 4,942,612 

Hawaiian Islands. 

. 1,273,347 

New York. 


Alaska . 

. 7,243,982 

Bering Sea. 

. 7,022,000 

British Columbia. 

. 4,818,469 

Orient . 

.12,570,908 

England . 

. 6,005,302 

Scotland . 

. 558,812 

Germany . 

. 2,991,130 

South America . 

.18,521,199 

Australia . 

1 9,589,193 


Lath Shingles Value 

ft.... $ 181,494 

7,118 M. 9,927 

ft. .. 99,351 

ft. ' .. 49,503 

. 14,451 M. 7,374 

ft. 84,309 

ft. 16,891 

ft... 99,806 

ft. . 154,425 

ft... 119,007 

ft. 11,186 

ft. 113,264 

ft... 273,523 

ft. 152,115 

1,189 M. 4,477 


Total ...78,059,087 ft. 


$1,377,652 


SHIPMENTS OF FOREST PRODUCTS BY RAIL IN 1913 

(Statistics furnished by the “West Coast Lumberman.”) 

Washington saw mills shipped by rail, during 1913, 80,081 
carloads of lumber; estimating value per car at $300—a very 
low estimate—produces a value of $24,024,300. The ship¬ 
ment of shingles by rail for same year amounted to 32,336 
carloads, which at an estimated value of $350.00 per car, 
amounted to a value of $11,317,600. 

There are no statistics showing how much of above 
moved from Seattle. 


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BREADSTUFFS 


COMPARATIVE RECEIPTS AT SEATTLE BY 
CALENDAR YEAR 


1914 1913 

Carloads Carloads 

Wheat .....*-•. 7,557 7,351 

Oats ....—-.-.-.-. 1,345 1,524 

Barley ... 1,452 1,037 

Corn ....-.—. 169 422 

Rye.... 39 29 


10,562 10,363 

Flour .-... 2,623 1,916 


Total . 13,185 12,279 


This shows a healthy increase in the shipments of 1914 
over 1913. 


Shipments of grain flour; feed and hay for the cereal 
year of 1913-1914 are as follows: 

FOREIGN EXPORTS FROM PUGET SOUND 


1913-1914 

Wheat 

Oats 

Flour 

Hay-Feed 

1913 

Bushels 

Bushels 

Barrels 

Tons 

July . 

. 332,835 

323 

136,803 

1,028 

August . 

. 242,628 


72,406 

153,416 

940 

September . 

... 926,873 

125,899 

3,088 

October . 

. 738,479 

2,825 

310,677 

2,109 

November .. 

. 599,043 

230 

322,711 

2,103 

December . 

. 622,352 

1,428 

240,549 

2,182 

1914 

January . 

. 477,921 

156 

203,961 

2,191 

February . 

. 155,880 

2,103 

252,865 

1,402 

March . 

. 51,483 

1,075 

102,803 

1,182 

April . 

. 247,613. 

508 

121,324 

1,049 

May . 

. 231,805 

1,448 

97,278 

1,754 

June ... 

. 441,922 

13,167 

117,602 

1,746 

Totals . 

.5,068,834 

149,162 

2,132,395 

20,774 


SHIPMENTS OF WHEAT AND FLOUR FROM SEATTLE 

IN 1914 


From Seattle To— 

-FLOUR- 

-WHEAT- 


Barrels 

Value 

Bushels 

Value 

Pacific Coast Points. 

. 238,539 

$1,406,036 

341,298 

$ 272,465 

New York. 

13,876 

52,032 



Philippines . 

75,719 

333,687 



Hawaiian Islands . 

37,303 

189,526 

62,205 

57,882 

Alaska . 

18,266 

116,031 



Bering Sea.. 

11,726 

55,644 



British Columbia. 

15,613 

65>31 




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Orient ... 

Ireland. 

459,238 

1,867,876 

637,810 

934,346 

685,770 

30,201 

49,066 

585,809 

921,112 

654,565 

27,181 

44,235 

England . 

Scotland .. 

23,903 

99,161 

South America.. 

Siberia .. 

Mexico . 

48,407 

15,842 

205 

5,404 

200,802 

63,158 

1,743 

25,064 

Norway .. 






Total . 

964,041 

$4,476,691 

2,740,696 

$2,563,249 

COMBINED FOREIGN 

AND 

COASTWISE SHIPMENTS 

OF WHEAT AND FLOUR FROM PUGET SOUND 

FROM PUGET SOUND 

; 






Cereal Year Ending June 30— 



1913-1914 


1912-1913 



Bushels 


Bushels 


WHEAT. 



To Europe . 


. 1,802,602 


2,210,350 

To California . 


. 1,916,022 


2,492,862 

To South America . 


40,905 


204,715 

To Orient . 


...... 3,337,121 


2,908,865 

Total .. 


. 7,096,650 


7,816,792 


FLOUR. 





Barrels 


Barrels 

To Orient ... 


. 1,828,665 


1,990,433 

To California .. 


. 597,779 


543,705 

To South America. 


.... 311,372 


208,627 

To Europe . 


22,445 


29,317 

Total .. 


. 2,760,261 


2,772,083 


EXPORTS FROM PUGET SOUND TO ALASKA 


1913-1914 


-Values Only- 

Hay and 

1913 

Oats 

Flour 

Feed 

July . 

.$ 36,478 

$ 29,636 

$ 38,460 

August .. 

. 19,005 

35,803 

32,008 

September . 

. 16,442 

19,168 

27,186 

October . 

. 25,726 

21,032 

25,018 

November . 

. 14,927 

10,108 

21,228 

December . 

. 3,438 

6,498 

8,262 

1914 

January . 

. 7,453 

9,450 

11,305 

February . 

. 4,196 

1,730 

9,085 

March .. . 

. 3,654 


7,916 

10,873 

April . 

. 3,213 

15,625 

May . 

. 13,873 

21,483 

16,072 

June . 

. 22,692 

47,248 

33,988 

TOTAL VALUE . 

.$171,097 

$217,781 

$241,401 



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WOOL CLIP 

The wool clip in the Yakima Valley for 1914 is estimates 
at 2,250,000 pounds,—an increase of nearly 50 per cent over 
1913. 

CANNED SALMON 
Pacific Coast Canned Salmon Pack 

1912 1914 

DISTRICT—- Cases Cases 

Alaska ..,....4,060,129 4,067,832 

Puget Sound.. 416,125 792,860 

Columbia River...285,666 455,500 

Sacramento River..... 17,315 

Outside Streams. 198,457 200,236 

British Columbia. 996,576 1,111,039 

Siberia.... 136,500 


Total ...............5,956,953 6,781,282 

Canned Salmon Pack by Grades, 1911-14 

GRADE— 1914 1913 1912 1911 

Cohos. Silversides, Med., Red 579,980 300,033 621,817 676,141 

Humpback, Pink .:.1,222,013 2,392,166 1,556,128 2,373,595 

Keta, Chum .1,200,433 432,812 808,630 592,790 

King, Spring, Chinook. 509,100 285,472 426,338 627,714 

Red, Sockeye, Blueback.3,121,964 4,643,425 2,544,435 1,869,927 

Steelhead . 11,292 9,539 7,198 8,618 


Total .6,644,782 8,063,447 5,956,953 6,140,887 

Foreign Shipments of Canned Salmon by Water 
From Puget Sound in 1912 and 1914 

Pounds Pounds 

1912 1914 

Aden... 63,000 

Africa, British South. 445,950 74,160 

Africa, Portuguese ..•.. 86,210 . 

Australia and Tasmania. 1,172,774 38,248 

Belgium .|.... 48,000 46,930 

British Columbia .—... .. 1,487,205 

Canada .............. 151,487 1,089,582 

Chile .......... 1,615,728 378,960 

China . 71,856 2,448 

Costa Rica . 3,360 22,800 

Cuba . 45,600 

Colombia . 6,000 

British East Indies.,..... 133,440 41,040 

Dutch East Indies. 260,622 141,504 

Egypt . 5,760 30,736 

Ecuador . 125,760 42,480 

England ..:......... 5,262,594 9,776,542 

Finland .... 2,400 . 


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France . 

Gibraltar . 

Germany ............ 

Guatemala ... 

Hongkong ... 

India, British...... 

Italy ______ 

Jamaica . . 

Japan .:. 

Korea ..... 

Mexico .. 

Netherlands . 

Nicaragua . 

British Oceanica. 

French Oceanica. 

German Oceanica..... 

Panama........ 

Peru .. ..... 

Philippine Islands. 

Spain ...... 

Salvador .... 

Scotland ... 

Siam . 

Straits Settlements.. 

West Indies, Other British. 


18,720 

2,400 

210,480 

1,920 

128,760 

303,560 

720 

16.320 
232,870 

10.320 
668 750 

4,320 


25,440 

9,600 

58,368 

98,880 

399,400 

2,887,567 


15.200 

19.200 
874,684 


3,600 

16,800 

2,400 

115,544 

84,580 

3,600 

6,000 

2,744 


4,800 

12,912 

3,600 

62,020 


48,000 

4,959,230 

11,520 

132,000 


540,208 

4,800 


Total ... 15,436,421 19,238,593 

Note that foreign shipments in 1914 were about 2,000,000 pounds 
greater than in 1912. 

Shipments of canned salmon by rail not obtainable. 



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COAL AND COKE 


COAL: 

On account of the extensive use of fuel oil in the last 
few years, the production and value of coal has been affected. 
The figures for 1914 show a decrease under 1913 in both 
tonnage and value at the mine. 

Production of Coal in State of Washington 


Average Value 

Year Short Tons Value at Mine 

1913 .A.3,831,647 $9,965,362 $2.60 Per Ton 

1914 .;.3,040,361 7,142,084 2.35 Per Ton 


Nearly all of the coal-bearing lands in the State, lie west 
of the Cascade Mountains. The production of the counties 
for the years 1913 and 1914, is as follows: 


—Production (Short Tons)— 


County 


1913 

1914 

King . 


.1,359,274 

1,042,607 

Kittitas . 


.1,330,596 

1,237,564 

Pierce . 


. 833,272 

553,845 

Thurston . 


. 153,588 

112,189 

Lewis . 


. 148,592 

87,558 

Whatcom . 


. 7,325 

6,602 

1914 Shipments of Coal From Seattle 


TO— 


Tons 

Value 

Pacific Coast Ports.... 


. 15,337 

$ 67,141 

Local Points. 


. 4,414 

31,525 

Hawaiian Islands. 


. 3,354 

29,453 

Alaska . 


. 46,059 

205,430 

Bering Sea.. 


. 1,662 

13,931 

British Columbia. 


. 36,658 

114,700 

Mexico. 


. 2,630 

8,547 

Totals . 

COKE: 


.110,114 

$ 500,727 

The production of Coke in 
1913, but prices were lovrer. 

1914 shows an increase over 

Production of Coke in State of Washington 

Average Value 

Year 

Tons 

Value at 

Mine 

1913 . 

.75,732 

$425,632 $5.62 

Per Ton 

1914 . 

.78,573 

404,126 5.15 

Per Ton 


EMPLOYEES: 

Total Number of Mine Employees 

1913 ... 

1914 ... 


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6,065 

5,647 



























APPLES 


Seattle is fast becoming the center on the Pacific Coast 
for the handling of apples. The rates by rail from the 
apple producing points in the interior (Yakima and We¬ 
natchee Valleys) to this Coast, plus the water rate to East 
Coast ports, is less than the all-rail rates from these valleys 
to same Eastern ports. Hence a beginning was made this 
fall of transporting apples to the East via Seattle. Notable 
shipments during 1914 were one of 10,000 boxes, and another 
of 24,000 boxes by this route. Large shipments were also 
made by water to foreign countries,—among them a ship¬ 
ment of 26 cars (15,600 boxes) to London, and 12,000 boxes 
to Australia. All these shipments arrived at destination in 
prime condition. 

A large Fruit Exchange has lately changed its headquar¬ 
ters from Portland to Seattle. This exchange will handle 
approximately $2,000,000 worth of fruits this year, which 
will increase the bank clearings to that extent, and cause 
the name of Seattle, as a marketing center, to be carried to 
every civilized city and town in the world. 

FRUIT STORAGE CAPACITY 

The Port of Seattle Commission has erected on Whatcom 
Avenue a four-story concrete warehouse for dry storage. 
This will accommodate at least 150,000 boxes of apples. They 
also have erected at Bell Street (in the center of the water¬ 
front and on tidewater) a five-story concrete warehouse with 
a capacity of 900 cars. One-third of this warehouse is fitted 
with cold storage facilities and will accommodate 300 cars 
(18,000 boxes). In addition to this the Commission will 
construct this year a warehouse especially intended for the 
storage of fruit. It will be seven stories high with storage 
capacity for 540,000 boxes of apples. With all these facili¬ 
ties Seattle is certainly prepared to handle an apple crop, no 
matter of what proportion. 


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SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE FREEST PORTS 
IN THE WORLD 

My statement that this is one of the freest ports in the 
world is warranted by the following facts: 

PORT CHARGES AT SEATTLE: 

DOCKAGE: 

There are absolutely no charges at Seattle for dockage 
of vessels at any of our piers. 

BOUT CHARGES: 

When vessels do not dock, but are moored, the charge is 
$5.00 for first three days, and $2.00 per day thereafter. 

PILOTAGE: 

No compulsory pilotage. Many ships come in from the 
Pacific Ocean (120 miles from Seattle) under their own sail; 
all under their own steam. All foreign steamships out of 
this port employ regular pilots, some at salary, some on 
contract basis. The average charge for pilotage from Port 
Townsend (which port is reached by all vessels under their 
own steam or sail—distance from Seattle 38 miles) to any 
port on Puget Sound and return, is from $100.00 to $150.00. 

TOWAGE CHARGES: 

This is the only port on this Coast, to my knowledge, 
where vessels pay only for what they get. To explain: At 
other ports (even where towage is not compulsory), a 
charge is made for towing in and out, whether the vessel 
uses her own steam or sails, one way or not. At Seattle 
there is no charge unless service is rendered. Of course 
towage charges from the Pacific Ocean depend largely upon 
the weather and size of vessel. It is 120 miles from Cape 
Flattery (the Pacific Ocean) to Seattle, but practically all 
vessels use their own steam or sails to within 38 miles of 
Seattle (Port Townsend), and some even in to our docks, 
and out again. The towage charge for small vessels (steam 
schooners) from Port Townsend to Seattle is from $30.00 to 
$50.00 one way. The charge on a vessel of 1,500 tons from 
deep w^ater to Seattle is $300.00; from Port Townsend 
$125.00. (See page 30 for Towage Charges). 

SHIFTING VESSELS: 

Ordinarily vessels shift from one part of the harbor to 
another under their own steam, in which case there is no 
extra charge. The charge for shifting vessels in the harbor 


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by tug is $25.00; for shifting lumber schooners $15.00. At 
all other ports there is an additional pilotage charge for 
shifting vessels in port —* no such charge is imposed at 
Seattle. 

STEVEDORING: 

Charges for stevedoring services at Seattle are about the 
same as at other American Pacific Coast Ports. (See page 
29 for Stevedoring Charges). 


COST OF FUEL: 

Soft coal, suitable for ocean-going vessels, is cheaper at 
Seattle than at any other port on the Pacific Coast. The 
average price at Seattle during 1914 for mine-run coal was 
$3.75 to $4.00 per ton; at Vancouver, B. C., $4.50 per ton. 

Fuel oil costs the same at Portland and Seattle, and is 
five cents per barrel higher at Vancouver, B. C. At San 
Francisco it is fifteen cents per barrel lower. The average 
price for 1914 was 90 cents per barrel. The average price 
in January, 1915, was 80 cents per barrel. 

FRESIT WATER CHARGES: 

For vessels alongside wharf, the fresh water charge is 
80 cents for first thousand cubic feet and a graduated de¬ 
clining scale thereafter, as follows: 


2,000 cubic feet. 
5,000 cubic feet. 
10,000 cubic feet. 
20,000 cubic feet 
30,000 cubic feet. 
40,000 cubic feet. 
50,000 cubic feet. 
60,000 cubic feet. 
70.000 cubic feet. 
80,000 cubic feet. 
90,000 cubic feet. 
100,000 cubic feet. 


.$ 1.40 
. 3.20 

. 6.20 
. 12.20 
. 18.20 
. 22.20 
. 26.20 
. 30.20 
. 34.20 
. 38.20 
. 42.20 
. 44.20 


Coastwise vessels usually take from 2,000 to 5,000 cubic 
feet of fresh water. The charge to them would be from $1.40 
to $3.20. Trans-Pacific vessels, on voyages of from thirty 
to sixty days take from 50,000 to 100,000 cubic feet of fresh 
water,—the charge for which would be $26.20 to $44.20, re¬ 
spectively. 

By reference to table on page 31, showing comparative 
costs to ship in Pacific Coast Ports, it will be noted that for 


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a 6,000-ton vessel taking 50,000 cubic feet (375,000 gallons) 
of fresh water, the cost at Seattle is less than at any other 
Coast port, as the following shows: 

Seattle. $26.20 

San Diego . 37.65 

Vancouver, B. C.1. 50.00 

San Pedro (Los Angeles). 64.00 

Portland . 75.00 

San Francisco. 87.40 


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STEVEDORING, LIGHTERAGE AND TOWAGE 
AT SEATTLE 

STEVEDORING: 


Discharging 

Per ion 

Ballast .$ .35 

Brick, tile .....60 

Cement .’.. .40 

Coke ...70 

Coal .40 

Creosote oil, in drums.40 

Glass .60 

Glassware .60 

Crockery .60 

Pig Iron .4U 

Railroad and Structural 
Iron, Piping and Chain.... 1.15 

Sugar, in bags .25 

Gen’l Cargoes, N. O. S.40 


For discharging or loading heavy 
or bulky packages in single 
pieces weighing more than two 
tons, same rate, plus 12 ^ per 
cent. 


Loading 

Per Ton 


Wheat ..1.$ .30 

Wheat, in 240-lb. bags.31 y 2 

Flour ....30 

Barley .32 y 2 

Oats .....32i/ 2 

Canned Salmon .45 

Fish, in boxes.... .50 

Coal, in sacks...45 

Coal, bunker-trimmed.20 

Railroad Iron, in 2,000-ton 

lots or more.1.70 

Railroad Iron in smaller 

lots .. .75 

Cotton, per bale......15 

Gen’l Cargo, N. O. S.42% 


Lumber from $1.15 to $1.50 per 
M. Depends on length of di¬ 
mensions and whether steam 
or sailing vessel. 


Shifting cargo or ship’s work, actual cost plus 12% per cent. 


The quantity of cargo that can be loaded or discharged 
per day depends altogether on the commodity and the facili¬ 
ties for taking delivery. As a usual thing, such cargoes as 
coal, pig iron and general merchandise can be handled at the 
rate of 200 tons per day per gang. Such cargoes as flour or 
wheat can be handled at the rate of 600 tons per day per 
gang, by electric conveyors. 


LIGHTERAGE: 

There is an abundance of lighterage in this port for all 
purposes, but very little used, as almost all cargoes are han¬ 
dled at docks. 

Lighterage is always for account of the shipper and never 
chargeable to the ship. 

If cargoes are of such weight that they cannot be handled 
by special gear on board ship, there are floating derricks 
capable of lifting as much as fifty tons. 


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TOWAGE RATES—NOT COMPULSORY: 


-Between Seattle and- 


Single deck vessels: 


Cape 

Port 

Tons 


Flattery 

Townsend 



(Pacific Ocean) 


150 to 250. 


.$ 95 

$ 30 

251 to 350. 


. 115 

40 

351 to 450. 


. 135 

50 

451 to 500. 


. 145 

55 

501 to 550.. 


. 155 

60 

551 to 600. 


. 165 

65 

601 to 650. 


. 175 

70 

651 to 700. 

1 

.. 185 

75 

701 to 750. 


. 195 

80 

751 to 850. 


. 230 

90 

851 to 1,000. 


. 250 

100 

1,001 to 1,200. 


. 275 

110 

1,201 to 1,500. 


. 300 

125 

Double deck vessels: 




851 to 1,000. 


.. 250 

100 

1,001 to 1,200. 


. 275 

110 

1,201 to 1,500. 


. 300 

125 

1,501 to 1,800. 


. 325 

150 

1,801 to 2.000. 


. 350 

175 

2,001 to 2,500. 


. 375 

200 

2,501 to 2,750. 


. 400 

225 

2,751 to 3 000. 


. 425 

250 

3,001 to 3,500. 


. 450 

275 



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IN CONCLUSION 


In closing I may say there are many other statistics that 
might be furnished, but enough is given so that anyone care¬ 
fully reading and studying, must certainly be impressed with 
the belief that when the whole region tributary to Seattle 
(which is now sparsely inhabited) becomes even fairly filled 
with the sort of population that will seek a new country, 
the City of Seattle will become an immense seaport, keeping 
pace with the greatest cities of the world. 

W. A. MEARS, 

Manager, Transportation Bureau, 
Seattle Chamber of Commerce. 



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